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Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is good to know, but adds an additional step to simply requiring a passcode to unlock on screen lock.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's also much more secure to reboot (and not unlock) it, should it be taken from you and potentially tried to be broken into or compromised in some way, usually to extract data and perform forensics. A phone that has been unlocked is weaker with protection than one which has been restarted and awaiting first unlock.